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A female orca which carried its dead calf for 17 days has finally given it up, releasing the baby to sink to the Pacific Ocean floor.

The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, as peace talks continue between the two nations. Former CIA East Asia intelligence analyst Soo Kim speaks with PM's Linda Mottram.

Tony Mahar, CEO of the National Farmers' Federation, has urged Coalition MPs who are agitating over the National Energy Guarantee - including Tony Abbott - to stop playing politics and pass the policy.

At the banking Royal Commission, the NAB has been accused of not being open and transparent with the corporate regulator about the extent of the scandal over superannuation customers being charged for services they didn't receive.

On Monday's PM: Parliament returns as the Government works to lock in its National Energy Guarantee; Farmers' Federation CEO Tony Mahar on the pressure for farmers to cut emissions if the NEG is passed; and a warning that Australians are complacent about the risk of asbestos exposure during home renovations.

On the first day of Parliament after a long winter break, the Federal Government had two big policy problems to confront: energy and the environment.

The risk of an oil supply crisis in Australia has the Government trying to find ways to bolster lagging reserves. It's been six years since Australia last met its global oil reserve obligations.

A UN human rights panel says it's received credible reports of around 1 million Muslim Uighur people held in re-education camps. Writer and linguist Gene A. Bunin spent 18 months speaking with Uighur people across China. He speaks with PM.

Australian homeowners appear willing to gamble with their health to save money. The Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency has found homeowners see cost as the primary barrier to the removal of asbestos from their own homes.

On Friday's PM: a report clears Labor MP Emma Husar of sexual harassment, but finds she showed unreasonable management behaviour; IOOF raked over the coals at the Royal Commission; and Adani accused of trying to cover up its knowledge of a pollution spill before it happened.